Supporting furniture-drawers



H.151. TAYLOR; SUPPORTING DRAWERS 0F FURNITURE, am. No. 27,247.

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i vented the slides B from being pulled out too far.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTGE.

HENRY R. TAYLOR, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUPPORTING FURNITURE-DRAWERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. TAYLOR, of Roxbury, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin Supporting Drawers of Fur-- niture, &c., of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-Figure 1, is a perspective view of a table top furnished with myimproved drawer supporter, the side being left open to show theoperation of the slide; Fig. 2, a view of part of the drawer detached;Figs. 3, 4E, and 5, details to be hereafter referred to.

In Letters Patent of the United States granted to me for improved drawerfor closets, bureaus, &c., and bearing date April 27th, 1858, the drawerA (referring to these present drawings) was supported when drawn out bya sliding piece B on each side, which was free to slide between the sideof the drawer and the side of its receptacle G and was drawn out forabout one half its length by the drawer, in the following manner :Aportion of the slide B was cut away for nearly half its length as at a,leaving a shoulder Z) at its front end and another one 0 near itsmiddle; a pin [Z (or equivalent device) projecting from the side of thedrawer rested on the slide B where cut down. hen the drawer had beenpulled out about half its depth, the pin (Z struck against the shoulder6 of the slide B and drew it out, the two slides then serving to supportthe drawer from sagging down. Suitable stops pre- In this method ofoperating the slides B it will be perceived that they remainedstationary until the drawer had been pulled out half way, when theslides were then drawn out with the balance of the movement of thedrawer, the weight of the drawer (through the pins (Z) resting on theouter ends of the slides while they were being drawn out. This wasobjectionable as it caused considerable friction between the bottom ofthe slides B and the receptacle of the drawer, in which they wereplaced, and again, the pin (Z striking against the shoulder 1) while thedrawer was being pulled out, produced an unpleasant jar on the hand ofthe person opening the drawer. These objections I have removed by mypresent invention, which consists in a device for bringing out theslides B with the drawer, at the 27,247, dated February 21,1860.

first part of its movement, and when brought out as far as they areintended to move releasing the drawer to let it continue its movementwithout the slides.

That others skilled in the art may understand and use my invention Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried out thesame.

In the said drawings the slide B (as in the former case) is placedbetween the side of the drawer A and the side of the receptacle C inwhich the drawer slides, and is concealed when the drawer is pushed in,by the overlapping end 6 of the drawer. A cleat D, Fig. A, is secured tothe side of the receptacle C, immediately over the slide B, it isfurnished with a groove in which slides a pin 9, Fig. 5, projecting fromthe top of the slide. This groove extends but part of the length of thecleat D and the slide B is thus prevented from being drawn out too far;a portion of the cleat D, is cut away at its rear end at h, to admit theslide B into its place. A pin (Z projects from the side of the drawer A.The slide B is cut away at a, leaving shoulders c and b for the pin (Zto strike against. There is a slide B on each side of the drawer.

Thus far the parts are similar to those described in my former patent. Iwill now proceed to describe my improvements.

The notch a in the slide B is cut down a little lower at 27 next to theshoulder 0, so that the pin (Z does not rest on the part a of the slide,while the slide is being drawn out, and consequently the slide has onlythe friction due to its own weight, and not that of the drawer. Theslide B is brought out with the drawer as far as the slide is intendedto come, during the first half of the drawers movement, in the followingmanner: A lever E shown detached in Fig. 3 is placed in a correspondingslot 70 in the slide B. It is pivoted at Z, near the middle of itslength and is caused to project at each end beyond the surface oftheslide B by means of a small spring m, which presses out its rear end;its front end at a is beveled or rounded 0E and its rear end at 0 isleft square. A recess 29, Fig. 2, corresponding to the size of the end 0of the lever E is formed in the side of the drawer A near its rear end,and opposite to the slot 70 in the slide B; the rear end of this recessp forms a shoulder 7 and its bottom is beveled off to nothing at 8.

The following is the operation: When the drawer A is shut back in place,the rear end 0 of the lever E is pressed out by the spring m into therecess 9, the square end of the lever bearing against the shoulder 7,the pin d being back against the shoulder c of the slide and over theportion 2' of the notch a, so that (as before stated) the weight of thedrawer does not rest on the slide B. When the drawer is pulled out, theshoulder 7 of the recess 1;, bearing against the end 0 of the lever E,the slide B is brought out with the drawer, as far as it is intendedthat the slide shall come, or until the pin 9 on the slide comes to theend of the groove f in the cleat D. Immediately before this point isreachedby the slide, the beveled end n of the leverE strikes against theframe 1" of the receptacle 0 and vibrates the lever against theresistance of the spring m, freeing the end 0 of the lever from theshoulder 7 of the recess 1;; this releases the drawer from the slide,and allows it to be drawn out the rest of the way without the slide, thepin d for the latter part of the movement of the drawer bearing on theportion a of the slide B until the movement of the drawer is ar restedby this pin coming against the shoulder 3) on the end of the slide.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a modification of my invention. Here the slideB and cleat D are those which belong to the opposite side of the drawerfrom those just described. The lever E is attached by a pivot s to thetop of the slide B and is vibrated by a pin t, projecting down from theunderside of the cleat D, which strikes on the inside of the rounded end41 of the lever. The notch a in the slide B is cut down more than in theformer case, so that the pin d on the side of the drawer may passbeneath the pin t on the cleat D.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Bringing out the slides B with the first part of the movement of thedrawer, substantially as set forth.

' H. R. TAYLOR. \Vitnesses 4 THos. R. RoAcH, Trros. L. GLOVER.

